The winners and runners-up in the Mid and East Antrim In Bloom general
categories - Best Kept Front Garden, Best Kept Front Container Garden, Kept
Community Planting Scheme, Best Kept Allotment Garden, Best Kept Commercial
Premises, and the Gardening for Wildlife Award – were announced on 24 August.
Our In Bloom competitions showcase the best of our Borough, from front
gardens to allotments, local businesses and community groups, all working to
enhance our towns and villages. There is also the Gardening for Wildlife Award
which celebrates those doing their bit for biodiversity.
The quality and
diversity of the entries to the competition this year were extremely high. Well
done to everyone.
The winners and
runners up, listed below, will be invited to the Mid & East Antrim in Bloom
awards ceremony in October.
Best Kept Front
Garden
Winner:
Elizabeth Boyd, Cullybackey
Runner-Up: John
O’Neill, Carrickfergus
Runner-Up: Janet
Wilson, Ballymena
Best Kept Front
Container Garden
Winner: Eric
Bailey, Islandmagee
Runner-Up: Josie
Adams, Whitehead
Runner-Up: Alex
Foye, Larne
Best Kept
Community Planting Scheme
Winner: Windsor
Community Garden, Whitehead
Runner-Up:
Ballygally Biodiversity Group
Runner-Up:
Lizzies Flower Bed, Glenarm
Best Kept
Allotment Garden
Winner: Adrian
Johnston, Greenisland Allotment Gardens
Runner-Up:
Stephen Hanna, Eden Allotment Gardens
Runner-Up: Alfie
Hamilton, Larne Allotment Gardens
Best Kept
Commercial Premises
Winner: The
Nest, Broughshane
Runner-Up: The
Smithfield Arms, Ballymena
Runner-Up:
Martha & Mary’s Vintage Tea Room, Ahoghill
Gardening for
Wildlife Award
Winner: Julie
Hayes, Ballymena
Runner-Up:
Cullybackey Community Partnership
Runner-Up:
Charles Sheils Charity, Carrickfergus
Well done everyone!
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